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Zimbabwe

zim·babwe

UK/zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/ US/zɪmˈbɑːbwɛj/ uncommon

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From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“houses of stones”) (see imba (“house”), ibwe (“stone”)), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

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